: We have a winner, Live in the North West corner of Calgary. The drift on my
: front walk this morning was at 5 ft, in the back yard (no drift) it is up
: to my knees. As for the other pictures... thanks, rub it in ;-) Warm
: Weather, and even a Sea to go with the sea kayaks... must be very nice.

: I was just going to go down a put the Carbon filled epoxy on the bottom of
: the yak. I'm not sure if it will really help for abrasion resistance, I've
: hear some anecdotal stories from others that it does. Others seem to
: think it makes the surface more slippery. I'm not sure I subscribe to that
: theory, I think it makes it harder (or does nothing). Making it harder,
: and more resilient makes sense to me, kinda like adding gravel to cement
: to make concrete (I really wish I could spell). spell what? Where the carbon is the
: equivelent to the gravel.

I think someone has mixed some of those pesky tomatoes with the tomahtoes. I think that when that carbon fiber makes the surface harder, anything that hits it will indeed slip off.. ??? Am I missing something ??

: Simiilar to the clear eyelets the previous poster indicated they would break
: when made from epoxy alone. but were 'hammer proof' when glass cuttings
: were added (or somthing else was added).

: Like a resent poster, I'm very intersted in others findings of adding Carbon
: to epoxy. With some indication of how much was added. I'm told two table
: spoons to three West system pumps is the optimum ratio.

: Oh by the way it stoped snowing around noon today, and it is melting fast. I
: wonder if the small creeks are running high again... maybe I can take the
: canoe out....

: have a good day

: Myrl

Here in Central Calif. ( Sierra Nevada ) it's been snowing much lately ( at higher altitudes ) and it's probably about the best conditions they've had all year to ski... but most aren't going up and the resorts are closing this weekend... Seems folks are trading in their XC skis for Jet Skis. Enjoy that snow while you can..

Around here, when the lakes aren't too hard to paddle on, they are too dangerous to paddle on. Everyone and their cousin Manfred have pick-ups and trailers loaded to the gills with J-skis..... and it's warming up...

Rehd